bolson

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish bolso (a large pouch).

Noun

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bolson (plural bolsons)

  1. (chiefly southwestern US) A relatively flat and arid valley that is surrounded by mountains and that drains into a central basin.
    • 1974, U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Research Professional Paper 900, p. 120 (Google preview):
      In three separate bolsons in West Texas, electrical-resistivity soundings and seismic-refraction profiles have been used . . . to estimate the alluvium thickness and ground-water quality.
    • 2011, Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney, editors, Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape, →ISBN, page 43:
      The image of a colossal purse is helpful in envisioning a bolson in the landscape: an extensive, saucer-shaped basin, closed at the bottom and surrounded on all sides by mountain slopes.
    • 2015 November 2, David Crowder, “El Paso’s low water rates to rise”, in El Paso Inc., retrieved 21 November 2015:
      The water in the Mesilla Bolson, which is recharged by the river above it, is part of a major lawsuit between Texas and New Mexico. . . . A settlement could impose new restrictions on wells tapping the bolson in both states.

Further reading

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  • bolson”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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